Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Oriental Yeast Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, but both are located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a focused technical review of the company's biotechnological innovations.
The busiest examiner, OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners involved in a single art unit, the portfolio's current prosecution is concentrated within one specialized division. This structure allows for multiple examiner perspectives within a specific technical area of the patent office. The 2 pending office actions are managed by 2 distinct examiners, providing a balanced workload within the 1 distinct art unit. OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL handles 1 pending office action as part of this distribution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL | 1 | 62.3% | -11.9% |
| MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF | 1 | 54.8% | +28.6% |
| THAKUR, VIREN A | 1 | 13.4% | +26.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17770920 | METHOD FOR KEEPING QUALITIES OF COOKED RICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COOKED RICE | THAKUR, VIREN A | 13d |
| 18833652 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR STABILIZING NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE | OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17770920 | METHOD FOR KEEPING QUALITIES OF COOKED RICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COOKED RICE | THAKUR, VIREN A | 13d |
| 17907491 | CHROMOSOME-STABILIZING AGENT FOR STEM CELLS | MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1638 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18833652 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR STABILIZING NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE | OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 17907491 | CHROMOSOME-STABILIZING AGENT FOR STEM CELLS | MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF | 1638 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17770920 | METHOD FOR KEEPING QUALITIES OF COOKED RICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COOKED RICE | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Apr 21, 2022 |
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